Frank Feltscher

Frank Feltscher Martínez (born 17 May 1988) is a Swiss-Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

Not to be confused with Rolf Feltscher.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Feltscher and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.

Frank Feltscher
Personal information
Full name Frank Feltscher Martínez
Date of birth (1988-05-17) 17 May 1988
Place of birth Bülach, Switzerland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1997–2001 FC Kloten
2001–2005 Grasshoppers
2005 Winterthur
2005–2006 Grasshoppers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Grasshopper 21 (2)
2008–2009 Lecce 0 (0)
2009 → Bellinzona (loan) 15 (0)
2009–2011 Bellinzona 76 (9)
2011–2014 Grasshoppers 86 (6)
2014–2015 Aarau 21 (1)
2015–2016 AEL Limassol 23 (2)
2017 Debreceni VSC 12 (1)
2018–2019 Zulia 65 (21)
2020 Rionegro Águilas 6 (0)
National team‡
2007–2010 Switzerland U-21 18 (5)
2011– Venezuela 14 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:08, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Feltscher was born in Bülach, Switzerland. After emerging through the youth ranks at Grasshoppers, he joined U.S. Lecce in the summer of 2008. He was loaned out to AC Bellinzona until the end of the 2008–09.

International career

Feltscher played for the Switzerland national under-21 team from 2007.

On 2 September 2011, he made the starting line-up for Venezuela national team in a friendly match against Argentina in India.

Personal life

His brother, Rolf Feltscher, plays for L.A. Galaxy as a defender and step-brother Mattia Desole, plays for FC Freienbach. Lived in Venezuela for several years as a kid playing football at Colegio Humboldt where he also studied with his brother.

Frank holds Venezuelan, Swiss and Italian passports.

International goals
Scores and results list Venezuela's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Feltscher goal.
List of international goals scored by Frank Feltscher
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
111 November 2011Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla Colombia1–11–12014 World Cup qualifier
214 November 2012Marlins Park, Miami, Florida Nigeria1–21–3Friendly


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